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Re: virtual text consoles gone



On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:11:28 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:

> * Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> [080402 10:42]:
>> On Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 10:26:02 -0400, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>> 
>> > On my AMD64 etch system, cntl-alt-F1 has stopped giving me a text
>> > console a month or two ago.  Now I haven't been doing anything much
>> > to it excpet for regular upgrades, and the installation of an
>> > ocasional new Debian package.  Anyone have any ideas where to start
>> > looking?
> 
> Check the keyboard options in gnome (system -> preferences -> gnome).
> The option and command keys may be swapped.

Except I use icewm.  But ... I'm not the only user of that machine, and 
the other one uses gnome.  Maybe gnome sets the keyboard in ways that 
icewm doesn't reset?

It's worth a try.

-- hendrik

> 
> RLH



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